The Washington Times (Washington, DC) back issues from May 2009:
Banks best Obama in 'cram-down' showdown; Bankruptcy judges can't ease mortgages.(PAGE ONE)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: S.A. Miller, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Senate Democrats handed President Obama a rare congressional setback Thursday by helping to scrap his plan to give bankruptcy judges the power to force banks to reduce mortgage payments for struggling homeowners. Critics said ...
Chrysler files for bankruptcy; Government to oversee; deal may be challenged.(PAGE ONE)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Patrice Hill, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Chrysler LLC filed for an unprecedented, White House-sponsored bankruptcy Thursday, presenting a test for the nation's economy and judicial system as the administration tries to ram a politically brokered deal through a New York ...
Derby festivities down but not yet out; Hard times forcing racing fans to cut back, make do with less.(PAGE ONE)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Andrea Billups, THE WASHINGTON TIMES In a sign of the economic times, the lavish train ride that traditionally ferries VIPs from Kentucky's state capital to the Kentucky Derby has been scratched this year by Gov. Steven L. Beshear. Instead, buses will ...
EPA reviewing Bush policies; Latest reversals cheered by environmentalists.(PAGE ONE)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Edward Felker, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Navajo Nation plans to earn $50 million annually by building a coal-fired power plant on its New Mexico reservation. But its plans hit a snag earlier this week, when the Environmental Protection Agency, citing air pollution ...
House intelligence chief enters controversy; Suggests Congress shares interrogation blame.(PAGE ONE)(EXCLUSIVE)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Eli Lake and Bill Gertz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES In a rare gesture, House intelligence committee Chairman Silvestre Reyes sent a letter this week to all CIA employees suggesting that Congress shared some blame for the CIA interrogation controversy and should play a more ...
Unspent funds issue raised as flu spreads; Total region cases climb to 10.(PAGE ONE)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Audrey Hudson and Christina Bellantoni, THE WASHINGTON TIMES While evidence mounted Thursday that the swine flu virus has spread to the nation's capital and touched the Obama administration, a House member charged the Health and Human Services Department with sitting on ...
Biden's gaffe on flu precautions sets off cleanup crews.(NATION)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Stephen Dinan and Christina Bellantoni, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The White House scrambled Thursday to tell Americans to pay no attention to the advice of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who said he's told family members not to travel in subways or airplanes to avoid ...
ON EDGE; Chrysler community girds for the trouble ahead.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Andrea Billups, THE WASHINGTON TIMES WARREN, Mich. -- Mayor James R. Fouts says it could have been worse. It's not as bad as being shut down permanently, Mr. Fouts said of the Obama administration's announcement Thursday that Chrysler would move ahead on a bankruptcy. ...
Unemployment insurance claims dip in April end; But overall number still rising.(BUSINESS)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joseph Weber, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The number of claims filed for unemployment insurance decreased by 14,000 in the week ending April 25, compared with the previous week, according to a Labor Department report released Thursday. The number of claims was ...
Clinton vows to keep aid frozen; Offers bleak view on talks.(WORLD)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Nicholas Kralev, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called prospects of North Korea agreeing to return to six-nation nuclear talks implausible, if not impossible Thursday, and she vowed to maintain a cutoff of U.S. aid unless the isolated ...
Lawmakers move to protect power grid.(WORLD)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Shaun Waterman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Key members of Congress launched an effort Thursday to protect the nation's electricity grid from criminals, vandals or U.S. enemies, who could use the Internet to cripple computers that control the generation and distribution of ...
Nigeria blacklisted by U.S. faith panel.(WORLD)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Nicholas Kralev, THE WASHINGTON TIMES A congressionally mandated commission has blacklisted Nigeria as one of the world's worst abusers of religious freedom, in a controversial decision made with dissent from at least one of the panel's members. The ranking ...
MISS CALIFORNIA THREAT.(WORLD)(EMBASSY ROW)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: James Morrison, THE WASHINGTON TIMES MISS CALIFORNIA THREAT A quip on a comedy show by an openly homosexual member of the British Parliament to kill Miss California because she opposes gay marriage outraged her American supporters and prompted one conservative ...
2 swine flu cases found in Virginia; Maryland officials eye probable victims; state total 8.(D.C. AREA)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Michael Drost, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Virginia health officials on Thursday confirmed two cases of swine flu in the state, the first cases of the virus in the region. The confirmed cases were announced as Maryland health officials reported two new probable ...
A promise keeper.(CITIZEN JOURNALISM: FAITH)(BULLETIN BOARD)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES A promise keeper Film producer Joe Nasser made a promise when he was fighting cancer some time ago. Finding comfort in the No. 1 and No. 2 Christian best-sellers of all time - the Bible and the Charles Sheldon classic In His Steps: What ...
Clear clutter from relations.(CITIZEN JOURNALISM: FAITH)(REFLECTIONS)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lyndia Grant, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES There is a saying that familiarity breeds contempt. A recent study by Michael I. Norton at the Harvard Business School suggests that, on average, there are very few people we each hold dear, people who do not begin to smell ...
Religious leaders sound off.(CITIZEN JOURNALISM: FAITH)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jeri Washington, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES When 12 of 13 D.C. Council members voted last month (Marion Barry was absent ) to recognize gay marriages performed elsewhere, some expected a storm of protest and opposition from the city's pulpits. But not a ...
English first.(CULTURE)(HOT BUTTON)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Amanda Carpenter, THE WASHINGTON TIMES English first A group seeking to uphold English as the official language of the United States says poor English language skills costs the nation $65 billion in wages annually. The Arlington-based ProEnglish ...
Acid foreign policy test; Battle in two states, and a one-state delusion.(COMMENTARY)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Arnaud de Borchgrave, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The struggle in Afghanistan and Pakistan AfPak ) is President Obama's most urgent foreign policy and national security priority. Taliban insurgents, with rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s slung over their shoulders ...
Freedom to offend.(COMMENTARY)(BOOK REVIEW)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jeremy Lott, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES In 1999, the Brooklyn Museum of Art exhibited a controversial painting by the Nigerian British artist Chris Ofili. Its title suggested an image of the Virgin Mary. Without that help, it would have been hard to tell ....
Group besieged in Iraq; Baghdad buckles under; correction needed from U.S.(COMMENTARY)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Robin Corbett, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Trouble is brewing at Camp Ashraf in Iraq, where 3,500 members of the main Iranian opposition group the PMOI - the People's Mujahideen of Iran - are based. At Iran's request, the Iraqi authorities, who took over ...
If politics are taken too far . . . Some are excoriated, others get a free pass, philosophically.(COMMENTARY)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Richard W. Rahn, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES What should be the limits of acceptable protest in a democratic society? Virtually everyone opposes the actions of the far-left green activists who do such things as burn down wood frame houses under construction, or ...
Hollywood set to sizzle this summer; Potential megahits in heady succession.(SHOW)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Kelly Jane Torrance, THE WASHINGTON TIMES It seems just about every industry, from banking to building, is cutting back in this troubled economy. Not Hollywood. This summer won't have just the usual handful of hits. Every single week in May will see the ...
Top 5: Movie bugs scarier than swine flu.(SHOW)(TOP 5)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Movie bugs scarier than swine flu With the swine flu spreading around the globe, we should count ourselves lucky that even the worst communicable diseases still have relatively low mortality rates. If we lived in the movie world, we ...
Barbarians at the gate; Protecting intellectual propert in the digital age.(SHOW)(ON THE EDGE)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sonny Bunch, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Near the end of a wide-ranging discussion, James Toback, director of the critically acclaimed documentary Tyson, passed on an interesting, if somewhat alarming, story. His agent's wife had been on an airplane the day before ...
Wolverine shows his claws; Most popular X-Man stars in movie chronicling origin.(SHOW)(MOVIES)(Movie review)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sonny Bunch, THE WASHINGTON TIMES As in the other big comic-book movie of the year, Watchmen, the opening 20 minutes or so of X-Men Origins: Wolverine undeniably make up the best portion of the movie - and, arguably, border on great. The movie opens on a ...
'Sugar' babies; Dreams, trials of Dominican ballplayers at center of film.(SHOW)(MOVIES)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sonny Bunch, THE WASHINGTON TIMES There have been a boatload of typical sports movies in recent years. Formulaic and predictable, they come and go every six months or so, blurring into one grand narrative in which a cancer survivor overcomes racial prejudice and economic ...
Knock knock; takes place at death's door.(SHOW)(MOVIES)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Kelly Jane Torrance, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Ten-year-old Edward, like any boy his age, has a few questions he'd like answered. Will his parents' troubled marriage survive? Is there life after death? Can I have my room back now that Arthur's dead? The dark but ...
The prerogative of experience; Michael Caine grows choosier.(SHOW)(BEYOND HOLLYWOOD)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sonny Bunch, THE WASHINGTON TIMES How versatile is Michael Caine? Enough to inspire a theory named after himself. The mediocre campus comedy PCU had one keen idea: the Caine-Hackman Theory. In an effort to show just how far academic standards had fallen, one of the ...
Tim Kasher returns to town with Cursive; Songwriter talks about new album, 'The Office,' vegetarian food.(SHOW)(RIFFS)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Andrew Leahey, THE WASHINGTON TIMES As the driving force behind two prolific bands, songwriter Tim Kasher composes music at a frenetic pace. Cursive, the long-running vehicle for his more angst-ridden output, released its sixth album earlier this spring ....
Hot, tender 'Rock' on a roll.(SHOW)(THEATER)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jayne Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON TIMES What is ultimately more subversive than revolution? Rock 'n' roll. Playwright Tom Stoppard gives anarchy a righteous beat in his sublime play Rock 'n' Roll, which melds his love of wordplay, cerebral characters and rock music of the ...
'12' long-winded men; Russian remake tries patience in finding good end.(SHOW)(MOVIES)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sonny Bunch, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The idea is a solid one: Use the rubric of 12 Angry Men to take a look at disparate swaths of Russian society as it now exists, almost two decades after the fall of communism. In execution, however, 12 comes across as long-winded and ...
Sony beefs up Web fare.(SHOW)(TUNING IN TO TV)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Robyn-Denise Yourse, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Sony beefs up Web fare Sony will make more of its films available for free on Crackle.com, the company's online movie and TV video Web site, adding Spider-Man 2 and other male-skewing titles as it looks to lure viewers ...
Green & Glover undercover.(SHOW)(GREEN & GLOVER UNDERCOVER)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Stephanie Green and Elizabeth Glover, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Rock royalty to visit The lady spies have an exclusive scoop that Mr. Rocket Man, Sir Elton John, will be in town May 9 for the Land Rover America's Polo Cup, the world's premier polo match, featuring ...
Facing off; After four seasons trying to top each other, Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby will meet in the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time.(SPORTS)(STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Corey Masisak, THE WASHINGTON TIMES In 2005, the NHL resumed play after a bitter year of labor strife that threatened to cripple hockey's place in this country's sporting conscience. The league turned to a pair of precocious phenoms with no NHL experience as ...
Quick start is pivotal for Caps this round.(SPORTS)(STANLEY CUP JOURNAL)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ryan O'Halloran, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Only when they've faced elimination and a long summer of trying to forget an early playoff exit have the Washington Capitals started to play hockey the past two postseasons. Last year, the Caps fell behind Philadelphia 3-1 ...
OTHER PLAYOFF SERIES.(SPORTS)(STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ryan O'Halloran, THE WASHINGTON TIMES No. 1 BOSTON vs. No. 6 CAROLINA How they got here: Boston beat No. 8 Montreal 4-0. Carolina beat No. 3 New Jersey 4-3. What to watch: The Bruins are in the second round for the first time in 10 years and looked ...
Washington Capitals vs. [4] Pittsburgh Penguins.(SPORTS)(STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Corey Masisak, THE WASHINGTON TIMES SPOTLIGHT ON: Capitals C Nicklas Backstrom Much of the attention is going to focus on Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin. What are they going to say? How much are they going to hit ...
A plot Favre cannot resist.(SPORTS)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tom Knott, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Brett Favre is returning to the NFL. You can tell from his latest statement. Nothing has changed, he said after being released by the Jets. At this time, I am retired and have no intention of returning to football. ...
Blunders of bullpen sink Nationals again.(SPORTS)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Zuckerman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Nationals issued 11 walks Thursday night. They unleashed four wild pitches. They were charged with a passed ball, an error and a balk. They struck out 12 times. They constantly flirted with disaster and left the crowd ...
Face of the franchise; Lange brings boxing relevance back to D.C.(SPORTS)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Thom Loverro, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Any list of sports franchises in the D.C. area starts with the Redskins and includes other prominent clubs like the Capitals and Nationals. Then there are the not-so-prominent outfits like the Washington Freedom and D.C. Armor. ...
Focus finally back on defensive line.(SPORTS)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: David Elfin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES For the first time since Dan Snyder bought the Washington Redskins a decade ago, the buzz at minicamp, which runs Friday through Sunday, is about the defensive line. Not since then-team president John Kent Cooke showered newly ...
Synthetic surfaces make race tough read.(SPORTS)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mike Kane, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Picking the winner of the Kentucky Derby is always a daunting task. Adding the results of races run over synthetic surfaces further complicates the annual handicapping puzzle for fans, trainers and jockeys. ...
Hoyas hoping for help in tournament race.(SPORTS)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Patrick Stevens, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Georgetown coach Dave Urick, a seasoned veteran of NCAA lacrosse tournament selection processes, tried hard for the last three weeks to buoy his team's spirits when it slipped below .500. Still, all the encouragement he ...
More enjoyable experience; Youth no longer among Georgetown's problems.(SPORTS)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Barker Davis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Six weeks removed from the conclusion of the most disappointing season of his coaching career, Georgetown's John Thompson III has shifted his energy to securing the future. It was a terribly disappointing season, but it's ...
THE BEST OF THE WEEKEND IN SPORTS.(SPORTS)(FIRST DOWN)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tim Lemke, THE WASHINGTON TIMES CAPITALS vs. PENGUINS, GAME 1 Oh, man. Two of the three candidates for MVP on the ice at the same time, plus that Crosby kid. Should be tons of fun. NASCAR Sprint Cup at Richmond After some scary stuff at ...
Milestone defines Moreno's brilliance.(SPORTS)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: John Haydon, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Jaime Moreno is struggling with a heel injury and hasn't played much this season, but he continues to provide evidence he's Major League Soccer's all-time greatest player. The D.C. United striker, whose 122 career goals rank ...
New materials rebuild original visions.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(COVER STORY)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lisa Rauschart, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES A couple of years ago, Dennis Pogue saw an opportunity. An old outbuilding, recently cleaned out, gave him the chance to return the structure to the way it was originally envisioned as a gardener's cottage - back at the end ...
92 houses rise at Idlewild.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(NEW HOMES: VIRGINIA)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Michele Lerner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Ryan Homes is building 92 single-family homes on one-fifth-acre homesites at the Village of Idlewild in Fredericksburg, a planned community that features a town square with fountains and shops, a club with a fitness center ...
Town houses for Oak Creek.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(NEW HOMES: MARYLAND)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Michele Lerner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES NVHomes is building 110 town homes at Oak Creek in Upper Marlboro, a gated private golf course community with plans for a swimming and tennis facility, a club and a fitness center near Bowie Town Center and Largo Town ...
Anthony L. Williams.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(REALTOR PROFILE)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Name: Anthony L. Williams Company: GMAC Real Estate Service Center Address: 1525 Pointer Ridge Place, Suite 101, Bowie, MD 20716 Phone: 301/442-9670 Fax: 301/636-6309 E-mail address: ...
Inventory, prices aid advances.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(CHARTING THE LOCAL MARKET)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Chris Sicks, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Not too long ago, homebuyers who wanted to find an affordable place to live went shopping outside the Beltway. In Maryland, counties such as Frederick, Anne Arundel and Charles offered a little more land - and lower prices - ...
D.C.-area town houses ready to move right in.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(FOCUS: IMMEDIATE-DELIVERY TOWN HOMES)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Michele Lerner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Local builders can build single-family homes one at a time, but town homes usually need to be built in clusters since they share one or more walls. When one town home in a row sells, the builders are often eager to sell the ...
Floating rate likely isn't scam.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)(MORTGAGE Q&A)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Henry Savage, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Q. I recently spoke with my credit union about refinancing. They sent me a good faith estimate. The rate and fees appeared to be very competitive. When I told the loan officer I would like to lock the rate and ...
Victorian-style living near shops, amenities.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Michele Lerner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Which comes first, the house or the location? Many real estate experts tell buyers that the location of a home matters most when it comes to retaining value, especially in a slow real estate market. However, some buyers ...
Low maintenance near Delaware beaches.(FRIDAY HOME GUIDE)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Michele Lerner, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES The thought of owning a beach home is tempting for people who fantasize about taking vacations on a whim. Some people hesitate to take on the responsibility of a vacation home, worried they'd spend more time painting trim ...
RNC treasurer challenges Steele about his predecessor.(NATION)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ralph Z. Hallow, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Republican National Committee's treasurer escalated the fight over control of hundreds of millions of campaign dollars by challenging Chairman Michael S. Steele and his supporters to back a claim that financial improprieties took ...
'Very strange week' follows same-sex remarks of pageant.(NATION)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Julia Duin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Carrie Prejean, a frontrunner for the Miss USA title who finished second after she voiced her opposition to gay marriage, gave short shrift at a local press conference Thursday, barely speaking 10 minutes before walking out. I ...
Communication is key to restoring investor trust.(NATION)(YOUR MONEY YOUR WAY)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Chris Versace, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES In the past few months, there has been a combination of concern and scrutiny about whether or not corporate management teams are working with the company's shareholders in mind or simply running the company in their own ...
More to panic about: Joe's hoof-in-mouth.(NATION)(PRUDEN ON POLITICS)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Wesley Pruden, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The president wants everybody to wash his (and her) hands to avoid catching the disease formerly known as swine flu, but the ablution that probably tempts Barack Obama is washing his hands of Joe Biden. Joe suffers severe ...
Captain urges military escorts; Arming crews not protection enough, Senate panel warned.(NATION)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Kara Rowland, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The captain who was rescued by Navy SEALs after his ship was hijacked off the Somali coast warned that arming crews with weapons is not enough to protect merchant ships in pirate territory and instead called for comprehensive approach ...
Maersk captain navigates hot air on Capitol Hill.(NATION)(POLITICAL THEATER)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Joseph Curl, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Of the 30,000 ships in the world commercial fleet that sail the high seas, fewer than 200 fly the U.S. flag. After World War II, a new tax put U.S. flagship owners at a competitive disadvantage compared with their foreign-flag ...
WEAK CANDIDATE.(NATION)(INSIDE POLITICS)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Greg Pierce, THE WASHINGTON TIMES WEAK CANDIDATE The instant reaction to Arlen Specter's decision to switch parties was that it is a sign of GOP weakness. My take is that it is just as much a sign of Arlen Specter's weakness, Jay Cost writes at ...
Al Qaeda 'enemy combatant' detained in U.S. pleads guilty.(NATION)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ben Conery, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The last enemy combatant held on U.S. soil pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to acting as an al Qaeda sleeper agent. Ali al-Marri pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda under an ...
BARACK'S SHADOW.(NATION)(INSIDE THE BELTWAY)(Column)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: John McCaslin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES BARACK'S SHADOW We had to laugh at Sen. Michael Bennet, Colorado Democrat, when he reminded his colleagues on the Senate floor: It has been somewhat less remarked upon, but this week also happens to mark my first 100 days in ...